The Rajasthan High Court has asked the Advocate General of the state to file a response to a PIL seeking shift of the venue of the Jaipur Literature Festival, which is scheduled to start tomorrow, citing concerns of security for VVIPs and possible hurdle for a trauma centre nearby.
A division bench of the HC has asked the state government to file the reply in seven days.
The PIL was filed after the area Deputy Commissioner of Police also gave a report favouring shift of the JLF venue at a heritage hotel citing concern regarding less parking space, insufficient space to accommodate the crowd, lack of fire-fighting and narrow access for fire fighters at the site of the event.
The old heritage hotel near Swai Man Singh Hospital of the city is a permanent venue of the literary event.
It was alleged in the petition that the event will be a hurdle for a newly-opened trauma centre due to VIP movements.
It was also alleged that the space is meant only for accommodating 3000 persons while more than 10,000 persons had visited the festival every day last year.
The state government recently transfered the DCP who gave the report suggesting the venue shift.
